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Dutch music industry grew 9% in 2023

08/03/2024

Dutch music industry grew 9% in 2023 with streaming being the main source of income according to NVPI Audio, the Dutch music industry association. In 2023, the total turnover of the Dutch music industry amounted to 299 million euros, an increase of 9% compared to 2022. Turnover from streaming music increased by 11% to almost 240 million euros. Sales of CDs and vinyl also grew, respectively 16.1 (+5%) and 38.2 (+3%) million euros. The growth is […]

German music sales continued to grow in 2023

07/03/2024

German music sales continued to grow in 2023 with revenue reaching €2.21 Bn – up 6.3% on 2022 according to the BVMI in recently released figures. The majority of sales, 81.5%, were generated from the digital business, which grew by 7.9%, driven by audio streaming (+8.4%), which now has a market share of 74.8%. The physical market (18.5%) remained stable (+0.1%) due to renewed significant vinyl growth of 12.6%. CD sales fell by 5.9% but still remains the second strongest […]

TIDAL cuts the cost of HiRes streaming

07/03/2024

TIDAL cuts the cost of HiRes streaming by combining its HiFi Plus and HiFi tiers into a single subscription tier called TIDAL. Available from the 10th April, the streamer is updating the pricing across all of its 61 countries giving subscribers access to the complete 110 million track catalogue. The US pricing is as follows which essentially reduces its combined price to the same as its existing HiFi tier: The TIDAL Individual plan for $10.99 […]

Apple Music launches Windows apps to replace iTunes

16/02/2024

Apple Music launches Windows apps to replace iTunes for Windows 10 and later so you can access your music, video content, and Apple devices in their own dedicated apps. There are three apps – Apple Music app, Apple TV app and Apple Devices app and if your PC doesn’t support these apps you can continue to use iTunes for Windows. All three apps are available from the Microsoft Store and once installed you will have […]

World Radio Day 2024

13/02/2024

Today, the 13th February is UNESCO’s World Radio Day which this year celebrates’ Radio: A century informing, entertaining and educating’. Proclaimed in 2011 by the member states of UNESCO it was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as a UN International Day and the 13th February became World Radio Day (WRD). On 13th May 1897, Guglielmo Marconi sent the world’s first radio message across open water but it took until 1906 for […]

Deezer releases Apple TV app

11/02/2024

Deezer releases Apple TV app allowing users to directly access Deezer on their Apple TV without having to AirPlay the app or website from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. The app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store here. The Apple TV app joins its Android companion app which can be found here on the Google Play Store. Deezer is fast becoming a serious alternative to Spotify with over 120 million tracks available in lossless […]

Deezer adds a new couples subscription plan

08/02/2024

Deezer adds a new couples subscription plan called Deezer Duo that allows two people to have premium accounts at a third discount. A Duo account will cost £15.99/month compared to a single account which costs £11.99/month. For those who can or want to pay by annual subscription (£174.99) a further discount can be had which reduces the subscription to an equivalent of £14.58/month. Duo accounts have all the benefits of Deezer Premium including listening offline […]